Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Tuesday, March 21, said that the Department of Education (DepEd) will cooperate with Congress on the proposed measure to prohibit a “no permit, no exam” policy in private schools. “Let us wait for the discussions doon sa Congress with...
Vice President and Department of Education Secretary Sara Duterte stressed the national government’s plan to hire more teachers to ensure that DepEd schools across the country are equipped with qualified and sufficient workforce. In an ambush interview following the celebration of National...
The higher budget allocation of the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE) program received praises from Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda, who underscored the program’s importance in saving the private education sector from collapse. Also the chair of the...
Ahead of the six-week summer recess, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte listed down the activities that have kept him busy so far in the 19th Congress. The Davao lawmaker bared that he filed 39 bills during the October 2022 to March 2023 period, of which two have already been enacted into...
In “great awe” of the Pangasinenses’ commitment to preserve the Hundred Islands National Park and reestablish Alaminos, Pangasinan as one of the country’s premier tourist destinations, Vice President Sara Duterte on Sunday, March 19, underscored the importance of community efforts to...
Davao City Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte released on Saturday, March 18, his accomplishments from October 2022 to March 2023 as a member of the House of Representatives on his second term. Duterte authored 39 House bills, one of which was enacted into law. Others are still pending in different...
House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro believes that there's "high possibility" that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue a warrant of arrest against former president Rodrigo Duterte in connection with his bloody war on drugs. This, after the ICC's...
"Ang imprastraktura ay kaunlaran (Infrastructure is progress)." This is why President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. decided to push through with 71 of the infrastructure projects of the previous Duterte administration, saying they would help bring in a better Philippines. Marcos said this after he...
Despite her busy schedule as the country’s second-highest official, Vice President Sara Duterte celebrated Araw ng Dabaw, or Davao Day, with her fellow Davaoeños. The Office of the Vice President (OVP) itself attended and participated in the “Parada Dabawenyo” in Davao City to mark the Davao...
Six personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) who received the Civil Service Commission’s (CSC) 2022 Outstanding Public Officials and Employees - Dangal ng Bayan Award and Pagasa Award were commended by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Z. Duterte. “We are sincerely grateful by...
Allocate the equivalent of at least 6 percent of the Philippines' gross domestic product (GDP) to education. This, according to House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro, will help the Marcos administration address the severe classroom backlog and learning crisis...
It was a night of fun and good cheer at the Presidential Suite of The Manila Hotel last Tuesday, March 14. Wine and food flowed freely as VIPs from the government, the diplomatic community, and the private sector gathered at the spacious suite to celebrate the formal launch of two new “Night...
